Following a successful test of the new Ducati 1199 race bike at Thunderhill - CA a few weeks ago the bike was taken to Barber for a few more laps and race wins, then on to Daytona where I joined them for a final bit of system refinement. Shane Turpin has really taken to this new bike and the advances in electronic controls which give him far more possibilities during 'turn in' and rapid corner exit.

From the outset the times came crashing down as he improved on last years 1198 lap time, but he waited until the last day and the CCS events to really show what he could do, taking 3 more wins and stripping nearly half a second off the lap record which has stood for 9 years.

Maybe the most surprising aspect is that the bike is a relatively standard 1199s fitted with Akra exhaust, Ohlins replacement internals and a very mild engine tune by Boulder Motor Sport.  With the major improvements coming from a revised chassis setup and the Bike Sport Developments electronics package.

Lots more to come from this bike with a heap of further developments planned for the winter, stay tuned...

The crew at Boulder Motor Sports took one of their 'customer owned' Pierobon X60R bikes down to Barber and then on to Daytona over the last couple of weekends and piled up a heap of wins in all classes in the hands of Shane Turpin.

This very special bike being the only only 2 Valve Pierobon Ducati in the world fitted with full Magneti Marelli SRT electronics, Drive by wire and clutch-less 'auto blip' shifting.

Electronics designed, built and programmed by us here at Bike Sport Developments.

Enjoy some video from Steve Metz as he powers his BMS prepared 1198 Ducati through his first ever laps of the Daytona speedway. Video is provided by our AIM Smarty CAM HD linked into the CAN systems of the Marelli SRT ECU. A beautiful bike on an awesome track. 

On board footage shows his Marelli MDU 220 dashboard and it is worth listening out for the 'auto blip' clutch-less down-shifts made possible by the full Drive By Wire electronics package we built using Marelli SRT.

Another great weekend with two more wins, making it 8 in a row and the 2013 IDM Supersport championship for Kevin Wahr on board his Yamaha R6.

A big thank you to Kevin for allowing me to use his bike and skills as an experimental platform for many new strategies and control methods, every race weekend I spent with him I learned a little more and Kevin was able to push that bit harder.

And remember that everything we develop in professional racing is also carried over into our customer bike projects for all type of track use and skill level.

Great end to the weekend with a win in race 1 and 2nd in race 2, not bad from 13th on the grid...and 1st time out for the bike.